Compare rostering software for an Australian small business
Roster Flow set beside a spreadsheet and eleven other products, from each company’s own public pages, checked on the same day. No winners declared, and Roster Flow’s limits set out as plainly as anybody else’s.
Checked 2 October 2026The comparisons
Roster Flow vs an Excel staff rosterRoster Flow and an Excel staff roster side by side for a small Australian team: what each costs, the same week step by step, and where a spreadsheet is enough.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs Deputy for a small Australian teamHow Roster Flow and Deputy compare for a small Australian team: pricing basis, rostering, clocking, payroll and limits, from public pages.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs Tanda for a small Australian teamHow Roster Flow and Tanda compare for a small Australian team: pricing basis, workforce management, payroll and limits, from public pages.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs ShiftlyHow Roster Flow and Shiftly compare: a free plan against a free platform, award interpretation, geofenced clock in and Xero, from each company’s public pages.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs ClockOnHow Roster Flow and ClockOn compare: per employee pricing against bands, award interpretation, and a product that runs payroll against one that hands it over.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs RosterElfHow Roster Flow and RosterElf compare: pricing basis and minimums, rostering, time and attendance, award interpretation and payroll exports, from public pages.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs Employment Hero for rosteringHow Roster Flow and Employment Hero compare for rostering: pricing basis and minimums, the rostering add-on, payroll and limits, from public pages.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs Humanforce for a small teamHow Roster Flow and Humanforce compare for a small team: published and custom pricing, award configuration, integrations and limits, from public pages.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs RoublerHow Roster Flow and Roubler compare: published and tailored pricing, rostering, award interpretation, payroll and managed payroll, from public pages.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs Connecteam for staff schedulingHow Roster Flow and Connecteam compare for staff scheduling: pricing basis and currency, free plans, scheduling, time clock and limits, from public pages.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs Square ShiftsHow Roster Flow and Square Shifts compare: per team member and team size pricing, free plans, rosters, timecards and payroll hand-off, from public pages.Checked 2 October 2026OpenRoster Flow vs FindmyshiftHow Roster Flow and Findmyshift compare: per team and team size pricing, free plans, scheduling, time and attendance and payroll data, from public pages.Checked 2 October 2026Open
Alternatives to each one
The same figures arranged the other way round: what else there is beside one named product.
Deputy alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of Deputy, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenTanda alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of Tanda, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenShiftly alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of Shiftly, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenClockOn alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of ClockOn, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenRosterElf alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of RosterElf, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenEmployment Hero alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of Employment Hero, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenHumanforce alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of Humanforce, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenRoubler alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of Roubler, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenConnecteam alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of Connecteam, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenSquare Shifts alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of Square Shifts, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026OpenFindmyshift alternativesWhat a small Australian team can use instead of Findmyshift, with each published price.Prices read 2 October 2026Open
The whole shortlist in one place
Everything above, plus the prices, in two guides rather than twelve pages.
How these comparisons are made
- Facts about other products come only from their own public pages, and each page lists the ones it used.
- Every page shows the day those pages were read. Prices change, so check the source before deciding.
- Where a page does not say, the table says “Not stated on the pages checked”, never that a feature is missing.
- Each comparison lists what Roster Flow does not do, as clearly as it lists anything else.
- A legal and trademark review of each page is still to come, and each page lists what is left to confirm.
Roster Flow, in the same rows every comparison uses
- Building and publishing rosters: Yes: copy last week, see the estimated cost, publish to staff phones
- Clocking in and out: From the employee’s own phone in the browser, with an optional photo and distance check
- Shift swaps: Yes, agreed between staff and approved by a manager
- Award interpretation: No. The business enters its own rates and multipliers
- Running payroll: No. Pay runs, payslips and superannuation stay in the payroll system
- Payroll connections: Xero, with MYOB coming soon, and a CSV export for anything else
- Prices published: Yes
What Roster Flow does not do
- It does not interpret awards or work out what anybody is paid
- It does not run pay runs, payslips, superannuation or Single Touch Payroll reporting
- It connects to Xero only, with MYOB coming soon; other payroll systems take a CSV
- There is no app to install: staff use the browser on their phone
- It does not build rosters automatically or forecast staffing from sales
- There is no single sign-on
Questions
How are these rostering software comparisons made?
Every statement about another product comes from that company’s own public pages, read on a recorded day and listed on each page. Nothing is taken from review sites, forums, sales calls or memory, and where a page did not say something, the table says so rather than guessing.
Are these comparisons independent?
No, and each page says so. They are written by the team behind Roster Flow, which is one of the products being compared. What keeps them worth reading is that the other products are described only in their own published words, and that Roster Flow’s own limits are set out in the same place as everybody else’s.
Which rostering software is cheapest for a small Australian business?
It depends on how each one prices. Per person plans are cheaper at three staff and dearer at thirty, minimum monthly spends set the floor whatever the per person figure says, and several products publish no price at all. The cost guide puts every published price in one table.
How often are the prices on these pages checked?
Each comparison carries the day its sources were last read, and that day is on the page rather than hidden. Prices change, so read the linked source before deciding anything on the strength of a figure here.